diff --git a/examples/example.js b/examples/example.js
index 0e0eb09..a885c61 100644
--- a/examples/example.js
+++ b/examples/example.js
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import { EventEmitter } from 'events'
 
 let emitter = new EventEmitter()
 
-let process = new Ready({emitter: emitter})
+// handler: (r)=> console.log('result:',r)
+
+let process = new Ready({emitter: emitter, verbose:true})
 
 const tObs = new Observable(subscriber => {
   subscriber.next('on')
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ const tObs = new Observable(subscriber => {
 })
 
 const tPromise = new Promise(function(resolve) {
-  setTimeout(()=>resolve('yes'),3000)
+  setTimeout(()=>resolve('yes'),1500)
 })
 
 process.addObserver('e')
@@ -26,8 +28,9 @@ process.addObserver('pe',emitter)
 process.addObserver('obs',tObs)
 process.addObserver('pr',tPromise)
 
-console.log(process.size)
-process.subscribe()
+process.subscribe(val => console.log('---------------Ready Changed to :',val))
+// process.subscribe('obs',val => console.log('obs',val))
+
 
 emitter.emit('ec',{test:true})
 emitter.emit('e','sure')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3b71926..804f7f2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uci-utils/ready",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.1.2",
   "description": "A Class to Observe the reduced to boolean combined state of a map of observables",
   "main": "src/ready.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/uCOMmandIt/uci-utils#readme",
   "dependencies": {
+    "@uci-utils/to-boolean": "^0.1.1",
     "is-observable": "^2.0.0",
     "p-is-promise": "^3.0.0",
     "rxjs": "^6.5.4"
diff --git a/src/ready.js b/src/ready.js
index 3a15ea6..54f286c 100644
--- a/src/ready.js
+++ b/src/ready.js
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-import { from, fromEvent, combineLatest } from 'rxjs'
-import { map, startWith, tap } from 'rxjs/operators'
+import { from, fromEvent, combineLatest, Subject } from 'rxjs'
+import { map, startWith, tap, pairwise, filter } from 'rxjs/operators'
 import isObservable from 'is-observable'
 import isPromise from 'p-is-promise'
-
-import { createBoolean } from '../../to-boolean'
-
-const toBool = createBoolean({undefined:true})
+// UCI dependencies
+import { createBoolean } from '@uci-utils/to-boolean'
+const toBool = createBoolean({undefined:true})  // make default make null event emission cast to TRUE
 
 class Ready extends Map {
   constructor(opts) {
@@ -15,8 +14,11 @@ class Ready extends Map {
     this.condition = opts.condition || ( (ev) => toBool(ev) )
     this.subscriptions = new Map()
     this._state = {}
-    this._updateObserversList()
-    this.handler = opts.handler || ( ([r,s]) => {console.log('ready:',r,'states:',s,'\n---------------------------')})
+    this.logger = new Subject()
+    this.log = this.logger.next.bind(this.logger)
+    if (opts.verbose) this.logger.subscribe(console.log)
+    this._updateObserversList() // initialize
+    this.handler = opts.handler || console.log
   }
 
   get state() {return this._state}
@@ -34,9 +36,9 @@ class Ready extends Map {
     if (!obs || !isObservable(obs)) return false
     this.set(name, obs
       .pipe(
-        tap((ev) => console.log(name,'emitted/resolved=>',ev)),
+        tap(val => this.logger.next(`${name} emitted/resolved the value =>${JSON.stringify(val)}`)),
         map(condition||this.condition),
-        tap((b) => console.log('boolean:',b)),
+        tap(val => this.log(`boolean: ${val}`)),
         startWith(false),
       )
     )
@@ -69,37 +71,15 @@ class Ready extends Map {
 
   _updateObserversList() {
     this._state = combineLatest(Array.from(this.values())).pipe(
-      // tap((states)=>console.log('states',states)),
-      map(states=> {
-        return [states.reduce((res,state) => {return res && state},true), Array.from(this.keys()).map((name,index) => [name,states[index]])]
-      })
+      tap(states => this.log( Array.from(this.keys()).map((name,index) => [name,states[index]]))),
+      map( states => states.reduce((res,state) => {return res && state},true)),
+      pairwise(),
+      filter( ([p,c]) => (p ^ c)), // only emit on change
+      map( r => r[1] ) //remove previous
     )
   }
-}
 
-// const toBoolean = (cond) =>
-//   pipe(
-//     map(cond),
-//     startWith(false),
-//   )
-
-const rTrue=['t','true','y','yes','on','positive','up','enabled','affirmative','yea']
-const rFalse=['f','false','n','no','off','negative','down','disabled','nope']
-
-function castBoolean (opts={}) {
-  return (value => {
-    if (value===undefined) return opts.undefined
-    if (value===null) return opts.null
-    if (!isNaN(Number(value))) return Number(value) <1 ? false :true
-    if (typeof value==='string') {
-      value = value.trim()
-      value = value.toLowerCase()
-      if ((opts.rTrue || rTrue).includes(value)) return true
-      if ((opts.rFalse || rFalse).includes(value)) return false
-    }
-    return !!value
-  })
-}
+} // end class
 
 export default Ready
 export { Ready }